Supply Chain Planning Specialist 3 OR 4

Northrop Grumman•Iuka, MS

1d•$77,000 - $144,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist or Sr. Principal Supply Chain Planning Specialist to provide support to our team in our Iuka, Mississippi location. This role defines and develops material strategy, assesses supply resources, aggregates and prioritizes demand requirements, and plans inventory, distribution requirements, production, material, and rough-cut capacity for all products. The specialist will participate in make/buy processes, long-term capacity and resource planning, product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, end-of-life management, and product-line management. Responsibilities include analyzing supply/demand requirements, assessing supply/demand position using MRP tools, planning inventory levels based on BOM requirements, assessing rough-cut capacity, creating/reducing supply requirements, participating in long-term capacity and resource planning, interfacing with the Source process area, creating/releasing requisitions, receiving/reviewing requirements for non-standard parts, and analyzing lead times to identify critical path procurements.

Requirements

Supply Chain Planning Specialist (Level 3): A bachelor degree from an accredited university and 5 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience; or a master's degree and 3 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience, or a PhD with 1 year of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience, OR a High School Diploma/GED with 9 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Supply Chain Planning Specialist (Level 4): A bachelor degree from an accredited university and 8 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience; or a master's degree and 6 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience, or a PhD with 4 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience, OR a High School Diploma/GED with 12 years of supply chain, material planning, or closely related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Must have an Active U.S Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation.
Must have the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
Planning/Scheduling Experience
Production Control Experience
ERP/MRP experience
Ability to obtain special program access

Nice To Haves

Special Program Access
Material planning experience
Experience working in a manufacturing environment
Experience with SAP/MES
Power Bi or Tableau experience

Responsibilities

Defines and develops material strategy.
Responsible for the assessment of supply resources; aggregates and prioritizes demand requirements; plans inventory, distribution requirements, production, material and rough-cut capacity for all products.
Participates in make/buy process, long-term capacity and resource planning; product phase-in/phase-out, manufacturing ramp-up, end-of-life management and product-line management.
Analyzes and aggregates supply / demand requirements.
Analyzes purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.
Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.
Assesses rough-cut capacity for current and short-term manufacturing requirements.
Creates/reduces supply requirements based on inventory adjustments.
Participates in long-term capacity and resource planning to ensure proper scheduling of new product line phase-ins as well as existing product line phase-outs.
Interfaces with Source process area regarding inventory levels, working capital and other areas as needed.
Creates/releases requisitions.
Receives/reviews requirements for non-standard parts.
Analyzes lead times and identifies critical path procurements.